Keep an eye on: The matchup between Clippers power forward Blake Griffin and his Memphis counterpart, Zach Randolph, provides an intriguing subplot to Game 4. Randolph badly outplayed Griffin in the Grizzlies Game 3 win to answer Griffin's scintillating performance in the Clippers win in Game 2. It's a battle between athleticism and the savvy and guile of Randolph, who makes up for a lack of athletic ability - compared to Griffin - with his experience and smarts.

Zach is a little bit different just because he's so cagey. He doesn't have Blake's athleticism, so he's got to be able to some things to keep Blake on the ground and use his body and angles," Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said.

Randolph is also a master of getting under your skin, and that's resulted in inducing Griffin inso double-foul call in each of the first three games.

"It's going to be physical. (Blake's) not going to back down from anyone but he also has to pick his spots and be smart - we don't need him to get into early foul trouble," Del Negro said,